The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-10-22

Mr.. j. Fournier and wife have returned
from wedding tour at Holyoke, Mass e,
Vermont and the Provinces.
The Providence Foot Ball Club will
play game with the East End Club Of
Fall River, on the Eagle street grounds,
Saturday afternoon.
\ class of about thirty pupils has been
formed to study music 10y the Tonic Sol
Fa system. The class will meet AT the
parlors of the Broadway Baptist Church.
The popular young actress, Miss Alice
Harrison, whose performance in "Photos"
is universally admired, will be the at
traction at the Providence Opera House,
October ~, 2S and 20.
The bursting of the water main, near
the Harris stable on Stokes street, has
been the source of much annoyance for
several days past, Why don't the John
ston Water Commissioner remedy such
evils.
Mr. James Pearce. formerly the popu-
lar superintendent at the Waterman
Mills. was in town last Saturday, and on
Monday last moved his family to Will
mantle, Conn, where Mr.. Pearce has ac-
cep:ed the position of Superintendent of
the South Wilimautic Cotton Mill
\ new society called the Social Dra-
matte Club was organized in Johnston,
last Tuesday evening. The following Of
fccrs were elected Mrs W. ID. Harris.
president; Miss Edith T.. Hcyworth, vice
president; Crawford W. Barnes, secrc-
tary Mrs. A. Il. Stccrc. treasurer; Willis
W. Fiske, business manager and property
man.
There are certain plays Of which the
public never seem to tire. Among these
may Ice classed Geo. II. Simm's Lights
o London" Every year enhances it's
popularity. rs is proved 10y the large
audiences. This sterling play will bc
presented at the Providence Opera House,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings Of next week.
A petition for three cent fare at this
end of the road is being circulated and il
receiving large number of signers The
particular claim set forth, is that ii will
be of iucalculable benefit 80 the laboring
class of people, who have little time to
spare and are very tired at the close of a
days work. The prosperity Of the Union
Railroad Company is due to the patron
age Of the people and the people have the
right to expect n share of the prosperity
IN return.
The weekly meeting of the business
men was held ON Tuesday evening at the
office of Judge Phillips and was well at
tended. No reports being ready gen
eral discussion of matters Of interest to
all the residents of this community was
indulged in till late hour. What il of
most particular interest at present is the
matter of freight accommodations and as
the business men are in earnest, il is only
matter of time, when it will come The
matter of three cent fare from the
| Square, westerly, is eliciting considerable
attention and what the result of the agi-
/ tation will be, is a matter of speculation
The association ask only what they be-
| lieve to be right and just. The meeting
/ adjourned for one week at the same place.
Messrs. u. NJ. x +. Morin, the Stokes
| street carriage manufacturers, have just
/ finished new and well built butchcr's IS
! delivery wagon for Mr. Thomas Carmody.
/ the Julian street grocer. The vehicle is
| a strongly constructed one, and is filed
/ with all the appliances of "A first class
meat wagon The reputation of the
/ Mcssrs. Morin m first class carriage and
wagon manufacturers is well known
/ throughout the state, the firm having
been upwards of twenty years in the
carriage business. The woodwork was
done by Mr. Eli Bcrnicr. AN uucxccllcd
workman in that business, az can hc at
tested by his numerous patrons. who arc
we'll known business men. The painting
is the work Of Mr.. A. + Howe. whose
workmanship is pronounced par excel
lcnce. and therefore needs no need o
. praise.